PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between James Dunn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Temppa Turkulainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Turkulainen's choice of entrance music: Xilent - Clear your mind. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Dunn
vs
Turkulainen

192 cm
26
250 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
30
225 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

Dangerous knees
Very strong

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, James Dunn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Temppa Turkulainen!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turkulainen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dunn looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Turkulainen misses with a few strikes there.
Dunn takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Dunn closes the distance but Turkulainen moves to the side
and Turkulainen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Turkulainen lands a nice hook to Dunn's body. Dunn takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Turkulainen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dunn circles away quickly and effectively.
Turkulainen has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Dunn is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Turkulainen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dunn misses with a head kick.

Turkulainen closes the distance and scores with a big combo that sends Dunn crashing to the mat! Dunn uses the ropes to get back to his feet and beat the count. The referee looks concerned but he's going to allow it to continue!

It looks like James Dunn has been cut.
Dunn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Turkulainen misses with a wild combination.
Turkulainen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dunn circles away quickly and effectively.
Dunn takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Dunn moves in looking to clinch but Turkulainen pushes him off.
Dunn takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Dunn on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Temppa Turkulainen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dunn doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Turkulainen scores with a four punch combination!
Turkulainen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Dunn is rocked!
Turkulainen closes the distance and lands a lead uppercut that stumbles Dunn back against the ropes! Turkulainen follows up with a jab and a huge straight right that knocks Dunn out cold! What a finish! Turkulainen looks absolutely delighted, as he should do! Congratulations that man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Temppa Turkulainen!
A relieved looking Temppa Turkulainen thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.